Best BM album Cover
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J.
Old Fart
The guy in the picture is Dead (the ex-singer for Mayhem). This picture was taken after he blew his head off with a shotgun.
Aglarion
Member
It's Dead of Mayhem. But that does not make it a good cover. IMO it looks like the albumcover of a Goregrind band.
J.
Old Fart
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
Ok, thanks Dream. Still a shitty fucking cover if you ask me, but hey, I've already proven I don't know anything.
It also answers that the person who chose this cover was simply trying to be shocking. eh.
Aglarion
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OK, I've to admit that i don't know much about the true Mayhem and their image. I really like De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas but never heard their older releases. If you have the knowledge about Deads suicide the cover is for sure Black Metal. But I think if I would have never heard about Mayhem and just see the picture I wouldn't expect Black Metal. It's definately a very special cover for a Black Metal band.
Lutz
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Aglarion
Member
Originally posted by phyre
No, well, that's true, you'd expect a forest or a graveyard or a transylvanian castle or whatever, but if you know Mayhem, have read interviews etc. with them it seems very appropriate for them to have such a cover.
Yep, I prefer the more atmospheric covers. For instance:
Ulver - Bergtatt & Nattens Madrigal
Darkthrone - A Blaze..., Transilvanian Hunger, ...
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
But as you said it has to fit the bands music & image.
Dionysos
Silence...
Ulver - Bergtatt and Emperor - In the nightside ecliple are sssso fucking great, but i also like a lot Enslaved - Frost, In the Woods... - HEart of the ages and Necromantia - Crossing the fiery path...
as for this picture of Dead it's cool for a cover for a death/grind band, not a black metal band.... anyway poor Dead
as for this picture of Dead it's cool for a cover for a death/grind band, not a black metal band.... anyway poor Dead
St. Vitus
River of Understanding
Ormir
Senior Member
You don't seem to understand. The music of Mayhem worshiped death and suicide. They openly promoted suicide, and they swore to end their miserable lives by their own hand. Death's suicide was a pivotal point in the norwegian black metal scene, and showed that they were serious about what they said. A cover with their vocalist's brains spilled out is not for shock value, it stands for everything in Mayhem's music. Death/gore bands are humour. They don't take themselves or their image seriously. A gore band wouldn't put a dead man (no less their bandmate) on a cover, because they wouldn't want to be inconsiderate towards his family. Mayhem had no such moral values.
Lady Of The Snow
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How about Michael Romeo's The Dark Chapter? It's simple, yet it says so much 
Or ARK- Ark?
Kamelot covers?
For me, any "tasty" album cover will do. It's the music that counts, not really the cover
Or ARK- Ark?
Kamelot covers?
For me, any "tasty" album cover will do. It's the music that counts, not really the cover
Lutz
Member
None of those are even remotely close to being Black Metal.Originally posted by Lady Of The Snow
How about Michael Romeo's The Dark Chapter? It's simple, yet it says so much
Or ARK- Ark?
Kamelot covers?
For me, any "tasty" album cover will do. It's the music that counts, not really the cover
Lady Of The Snow
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MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
Originally posted by Lady Of The Snow
How about Michael Romeo's The Dark Chapter? It's simple, yet it says so much
Or ARK- Ark?
Kamelot covers?
For me, any "tasty" album cover will do. It's the music that counts, not really the cover
mmm, the thread called for BLACK METAL covers. I might have been confused by the Mayhem cover, but these bands you've mentioned? They ain't BM. And no, Ark doesn't count b/c they were corpsepaint
Lady Of The Snow
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